Report: Samsung Nearly Completes Development of AI Chips for Smartphones and...

Report: Samsung Nearly Completes Development of AI Chips for Smartphones and... xda-developers Jan 18, 2018 4:15 AM • by Idrees Patel Report: Samsung Nearly Completes Development of AI Chips for Smartphones and Servers Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming a bit of a buzzword these days, as companies in the industry make an effort to differentiate their offerings. In 2017, both Apple and Huawei released hardware designed to accelerating AI on their in-house chips — Apple's A11 Bionic system-on-chip featured the Neural Engine, and Huawei's HiSilicon Kirin 970 had a Neural Processing Unit (NPU). Now, Samsung has nearly completed development of its own AI chips, according to a report by The Investor. The company is reportedly "almost done" with a hardware line optimized for servers, and it expects to commercialize it in the coming months. On the mobile device side of things, Samsung is said to have matched the technical achievements of Apple and Huawei. Apple claims that its Neural Engine has reached 600 giga operations per second (GOPS), while Huawei claims to have reached 4 tera operations per second (TOPS). (In computing, GOPS and TOPS are measurements of floating point calculations by second.) The Investor's source estimates that Samsung's AI chip have similar or "slightly higher" performance. Samsung is likely to show off some of its AI chips' capabilities in the Galaxy S9, its upcoming flagship smartphone, which is expected to be unveiled at Mobile World Congress next month. Samsung's also said to be "particularly dedicated" to developing an enhanced NPU for the Galaxy Note 9, which is tentatively pegged for a September launch. The company has been increasing its R&D effort to develop NPUs by collaborating with outside professionals at South Korea's top universities, and it's working on various AI projects with professors and researchers. Source: The Investor Android Advices Jan 10, 2018 10:12 AM • by Jennifer CENTRiC L3 Smartphone with 5″ HD Display & 3050mAh Battery Launched in India In the last couple of months, we have seen very few smartphones launches in the Sub Rs. 10,000 price range. Now, a new smartphone from CENTRiC Mobiles called CENTRiC L3 is launched in India. The latest CENTRiC L3 is priced at Rs. 6,749 and offers great value for money specifications. At this price, the device comes with a polycarbonate shell and we can't complain much about that. The CENTRiC L3 will be available in Quartz Grey and Raisin Black color options. On the front is a 5-inch IPS Oncell display with HD (1280 x 720 pixels) resolution. There is also a 2.5D curved glass laid on the top. It also includes a 64-bit MediaTek MT6737 quad-core processor clocked at 1.3GHz and it comes coupled with Mali T720MP GPU. There is 2GB of RAM and 16GB of onboard storage. The CENTRiC L3 includes a dedicated MicroSD card slot for expanding the storage upto 256GB. It runs on Android 7.0 Nougat out of the box. The device also supports dual SIM dual standby and offers VoLTE and ViLTE connectivity. In terms of optics, there is a 13MP shooter on the rear with LED flash and a 5MP shooter on the front for selfies. Both the cameras can record videos only upto 720p resolution. It is backed by a 3050mAh non-removable battery that is rated to give up to 23 hours of talk time and lasts up to 80 hours in standby mode. Beneath the display is the front-facing fingerprint sensor. The CENTRiC L3 also includes 3-axis accelerometer, proximity, and light sensors. It measures 141 x 70.5 x 8.6 mm and weighs 143 grams. Connectivity options include 4G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0, FM Radio, GPS, USB OTG, 3.5mm audio jack, and a MicroUSB 2.0 port. Instead of the capacitive navigation buttons, the smartphone comes with on-screen buttons. Compared to other smartphones in this price range, the CENTRiC L3 offers a bigger battery and better cameras. Let us know your opinion about this new CENTRiC smartphone by leaving a comment down below. This email has been sent by Froze ONE (isnanmm0@gmail.com). It is the potion result of 'Tech: Topic watch' from the dashboard 'Personal Dashboard', tab 'Tech > Android'. Unsubscribe © Netvibes 2005-2018 | Terms of service | Privacy Policy Find Netvibes also on: Facebook Twitter Google+ Flickr

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